Laodicea and Lake Salda (Turkish Maldives)

Laodikya, once home to a large Jewish community and one of the Seven Churches of Asia in the Book of Revelation. It was also a flourishing commercial centre with a prosperous trade in black wool. Some of the ruins here are quite well preserved – of particular note are the ruins of one of the stadium whose seats are still perfectly horizontal.

Salda Lake Lake Salda is a mid- size crater lake. The lake area covers 4.370 hectares, and its depth reaches 196 meters, making it one of the deeper lakes in Turkey, if not the deepest. White sandy beaches, limpid water and seven crystal-white islets within the lake complete the scenery.

Kaklik Caves formed over 2.5 million years ago, the caves are full of travertine waters, stalagmites, stalactites and a large quantity of sulphur. Inside you will see several rimstone pools and waterfalls.

PROGRAM

Pick up from your Pamukkale or Karahayit hotel

Tour of Laodikya:

• Large Church
• Council Building
• Stadium and Gymnasium
• Monumental Nypheum
• Zeus Temple
• Small theatre
• Large theatre

Drive to Salda Lake and have lunch.

Visiting Salda Lake and having a swim in the lake. Enjoying a coule of hours of that lovely scenery.

Drive to Kaklik Caves

Visit Kaklik Caves

Tour ends. Drop back to Pamukkale / Karahayit or Denizli bus station.